• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 90677

Audio (to hear)

• Number of Tubes
• 3

• Valves / Tubes
• 5642 5642 2EP4

• Number of Transistors
• 21

• Semiconductors
• T1561 T1600 T1597 T1559 T1559 T1729 T1730 T1593 T1594 T1595 T1598 2N225 2N225 T1596 2N224 T1601 T1599 2N224 T1001 2N260 T1602

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Storage batteries (perhaps also batteries) / 105-120/7.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: H2010BL Safari 10AT10 - Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8.5 x 16.5 x 5.5 inch / 216 x 419 x 140 mm

• Notes

• Philco had developed and produced the "World's First Transistorized Portable Battery Operated TV" in 1959. It contained 21 PNP transistors, 12 diodes, (2) High-Voltage rectifier tubes(5642), and (1) 2" Cathode Ray Picture Tube(2EP4) . Philco used a optical system, which consists of a spherical mirror sytem to magnify the small picture image from the 2" CRT tube (30 degree deflection), to a larger projection viewing image, which was equivalent to 14 inch screen. This TV also has its own retractable telescopic antenna and has a VHF tuner that will tune in US channels 2 thru13. And it also will run on either 105-120v AC power or on a 7.5v rechargable Alkaline DC battery, which can last 4 hours and is rechargable up to 20 times. Philco had started selling these "Safari" TV's in June of 1959, for a retail price of $250.00, not including battery, which was $5.25 extra.

  There are four variants of the Philco Safari:  Model H2010L is brown leather and model H2010BL is black leather.  For each model number, there is an early version which corresponds to the 1959 schematic in the Philco Service Manual PR-3324 (this schematic was also published in the Sams supplemental folder 26S in set 460 in 1959) and the normal version, as documented in Sams set 475 folder 2 in 1960.  The differences between the early and normal versions include elimination of the sound take-off transformer in the normal version as well as some changes in transistor types used.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 7 kg / 15 lb 6.7 oz (15.419 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 250.00 $

• Source of data
• -- Collector info (Sammler)

• Mentioned in
• Funkschau (1959 Heft 14)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Bulletin September 1964

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 475 folder 2)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Silicon Chip January 2014, page 94

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4041 models, 2217 with images and 3690 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA